Solidarity marathon

Astrozski Belarus-Ukraine Forum participants express solidarity with imprisoned journalists in Belarus

Par­tic­i­pants of the Belaru­sian-Ukrain­ian Astrozs­ki Forum have expressed sol­i­dar­i­ty with Belaru­sian jour­nal­ists who remain behind bars.

12.11.2025

France’s major media outlets support imprisoned Belarusian journalists

A group of inde­pen­dent Belaru­sian jour­nal­ists in exile vis­it­ed France and held sev­er­al sol­i­dar­i­ty events in sup­port of their impris­oned col­leagues.

30.10.2025

“Belarus: A Media Prison in the Center of Europe” – IFJ voices support for imprisoned Belarusian journalists

The Belaru­sian issue was high­light­ed over the past week at two major inter­na­tion­al plat­forms: the EFJ Con­gress in Hun­gary and the IFJ Annu­al Gen­er­al Assem­bly in Cana­da.

12.06.2025

“Press freedom and today’s Belarus are incompatible”: Forum in Vilnius highlights imprisoned Belarusian journalists

The forum “Stay­ing secure in unse­cure times: Strate­gies for jour­nal­ists and the media” opened in Vil­nius with a sol­i­dar­i­ty action for impris­oned Belaru­sian jour­nal­ists.

03.05.2025

VOICES festival participants in Zagreb show solidarity with imprisoned Belarusian journalists

On Fri­day, as part of the VOICES jour­nal­ism fes­ti­val in Croa­t­ia, a screen­ing of Under the Gray Sky, a film by Belaru­sian direc­tor Mara Tamkovich, took place. The film, cur­rent­ly tour­ing inter­na­tion­al film fes­ti­vals, tells the sto­ry of Belaru­sian jour­nal­ists Kat­siary­na Andreye­va and Darya Chultso­va, who were sen­tenced for cov­er­ing protests on Square of Changes […]

03.03.2025

Solidarity rally with Belarusian imprisoned journalists held in Tallinn

In ear­ly Novem­ber, rep­re­sen­ta­tives of the Glob­al Affairs Cana­da and Jour­nal­ists for Human Rights, togeth­er with inde­pen­dent Belaru­sian jour­nal­ists in exile, gath­ered in front of the Eston­ian For­eign Min­istry to once again remind the world of the impris­oned Belaru­sian jour­nal­ists.

11.11.2024

Helsinki Media Museum unseals boxes filled with postcards for imprisoned Belarusian journalists

The Finnish mes­sages to the impris­oned jour­nal­ists will be trans­lat­ed into Belaru­sian or Russ­ian and deliv­ered to their rel­a­tives.

04.11.2024

Journalists are not criminals: Solidarity marathon for imprisoned reporters reaches Italy’s major cities

Human rights activist Leanid Sudalen­ka and the Com­mu­ni­ty of Belaru­sians in Italy took part in the BAJ marathon of sol­i­dar­i­ty with impris­oned Belaru­sian jour­nal­ists.

28.10.2024

“Banned Texts” of Belarusian journalists echoed in Sweden

Swedish writ­ers and jour­nal­ists have expressed their sol­i­dar­i­ty with impris­oned Belaru­sian jour­nal­ists. In Octo­ber, a sol­i­dar­i­ty event titled “Cen­sor­ship in Belarus – Banned Texts” took place in Malmö, Swe­den, orga­nized by the PEN Club and the Daw­it Isaak Library as part of a week of sup­port for banned cul­ture.

24.10.2024

Solidarity Marathon: Italian journalist supports political prisoner Valeryia Kastsiuhova

Ital­ian jour­nal­ist Mas­si­m­il­iano Coc­cia, rep­re­sent­ing the news­pa­per linkiesta.it, has pro­vid­ed spon­sor­ship for Valeryia Kast­si­uho­va, the founder and edi­tor of the expert com­mu­ni­ty web­site Nashe Mne­nie, as well as the edi­tor and author of the Belorussky Ezhe­god­nik and head of the expert mon­i­tor­ing group Belarus in Focus.

17.10.2024

Accents

“The tragic situation in the center of Europe should not be forgotten”. The Solidarity Marathon has already covered 23 countries worldwide

The inter­na­tion­al com­mu­ni­ty con­tin­ues to demand the release of Belaru­sian col­leagues. The BAJ sum­ma­rizes the inter­im results of the Sol­i­dar­i­ty Marathon, which has been ongo­ing for a year and four months.

09.10.2024

Solidarity across Europe. EFJ Congress expresses support for Belarusian journalists behind bars

Par­tic­i­pants of the Euro­pean Fed­er­a­tion of Jour­nal­ists Con­gress – lead­ers and rep­re­sen­ta­tives of jour­nal­ists’ unions and asso­ci­a­tions from all over the region – took part in an action in sol­i­dar­i­ty with media rep­re­sen­ta­tives in Belaru­sian pris­ons and Ukrain­ian jour­nal­ists in Russ­ian cap­tiv­i­ty.

27.05.2024

Imprisoned journalists should not be forgotten: Belarusian and Lithuanian journalists took part in solidarity action on May 3

On World Press Free­dom Day, the Belaru­sian Asso­ci­a­tion of Jour­nal­ists and the Lithuan­ian Jour­nal­ist Union held a sym­bol­ic action for the release of Belaru­sian polit­i­cal pris­on­ers who worked in the media sphere. The sol­i­dar­i­ty action took place in Luk­iškės Prison in Vil­nius.

03.05.2024

African journalistic organizations’ representatives demanded release of their Belarusian colleagues

16.04.2024

On Belarusian Freedom Day, Belarusian diaspora in Spain joined Solidarity Marathon

26.03.2024